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Letters' Patent No. 98,001, dated December 14, 1869.

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'IMPRUVED CURE-WAGON.

The Schedule referred. to in these Letters Elatent and making part of the lame.

Iation.

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known .that we, Common WHEAT- and AL- FRED ATCHPOLE, of Geneva, in the count-y of 0ntario, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ooke-\?Va.gonsv for gas-works;v and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being. had to the ,accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which'- Figure' is a side elevation of our invention, the Ied lines indicating the position of the parts when ele-v -vatedby the eccentrica I). FigureZ is an end elevation of our invention.

Figure 3 shows a substitute for the elevating-eccentric The object. ofy our invention is' to provide a verticallyadjustable and' dumping conveye'r for'hot cokel in gas-worksand to enable otherstp make and use the same, we will` describe` its construction and operlWe construct the flame of our coke-wagon with side-bars B, 'figs'. 1 and 2,'extending, as seen in iig. 1, to form handles b for moving the wagon, which bars are connected by cross-bars E E', carrying bearingsfor the trunnions oi' the ldumping-bon A. I

Each i end of the bar E extends downward far enough to form legs Fn the rear of the wagon to rest upon.

f The box Ais composed of aframe, amado-in a "semi-'cylindrical form, upon the inside of which the lining i is riveted or otherwise secured.

The object of this anangement is to' permit the liniugto be easily removed whenr burned or worn out. The heads or ends of the box are secured tothe fiame in .any convenient manner, and upon them, considerably below' theceutre, we provide the trunuions x,irestiug in bearings upon the cross-bars vE vE.

Upon the rear trnnnion we secure the -ann a, having a'handle, a, projecting out at right angles to it,

for the'purpose of dumping the box.

The spur c is a continuation of. the arma, and

'rests'upon the hai' B, when thebox is in an upright position, and to prevent accidental tipping 4of the latter, we provide` uponl the handle b thev catch c', hooking over the spur, and retaining it and the box in place.

` At the centre, longitudinally ofthe hars B, we 1 0- cate the eccentrics 1),. revolving in. innrnals prepared for them in the bars. i

The carryiugwheels O `hang upon axles secured to -these eccentrics, at points sutciently distant from ,thecentre to obtain the requisite vertical. adjustmeut of the wagon, said eccentrics' being operated by the bail d, secured to' each, and extending around the end of the wagon, as shown.

In lig, 3, we have shown a. substitute for the ec` centric l). consisting cfa hell-crank rocking upon a centre, secured to the side-barili, the carrying-wheel Our invention is specially adapted to receive coke from either ofthe above arrangements.

Its operation is as follows:

. When emptying benches of tive rctorts,.or more', l

the bail d is thrown over to the front of the box,-as

shown in full' lines in fig. 1partly revolving the eccenti-ics, and lowering the framel and box, (which latter is made long enough to receivc'coke from all or 'any number' of the.,1etorts,) sothatthe wagonmay be readily run under the mouths ofthe retorts.

After filling the box, the bail is turned to the rear,.elvating the eecentrics, frame, and box, to

the position shown in red lines in fig.1, 'when the load may bev moved off.

Toempty the box, the catch c' is moved back to thepositionshown in dotted lines, fig. 1', by theoperator,.aud -by means of the handle l and arm, a, the box is given a vsemi-revolution, discharging its contents. v

' By the peculiar arrangement of the frame and cccentrics, wc .dispense with the cross-axle' usual lin such wagons, and the load is dischargedfrom a considerable height, allowing it to pile up, without -interfering with the movement of `the wagon.v l

In the coke-,wagons in ordinary use, having detachable or.s\vinging ends for dumping, it is' impossible to make joints so tight but that a sufficient draught will be created through the'eoke to increase its combustion and onsequent heat It will be seen g lat the bottom of the box A is nearly air-tight, which prevents 4the admission of oxygen to the coke, andV checks the increase of temperature therein. l

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The dumping-box A, swung upon trurmions, substantially as desc'rihed, and composed of frame e, and lining, i, for the purposes specified.

.. 2. In combination with the dumping-box A, and its I suspending-frame, the cranked bail d, and carryingwheel, C, substantially as andv for the purposes set` Witnesses:

FRED. W. PRINCE, .Ions Wnms. 

